Pragmatism in Australia
Good news from our antipodal friends -- from the
Australian Broadcasting Company:
Government scraps plans to shut dirty power stations
The Prime Minister says Australia will still meet its carbon pollution reduction target despite the collapse of talks aimed at closing some of the country's dirtiest power stations.
The Government had been negotiating contracts to close five high-polluting power generators - three of them in Victoria - as part of its plan to cut the nation's carbon emissions.
But the talks have failed to agree on an appropriate level of compensation and negotiations have been abandoned.
Good to hear -- it's all about political power and money, not about science.
Posted by DaveH at September 5, 2012 1:48 PM